Kid Rock, Jerry Lee Lewis, Merle Haggard, Keith Richards, Willie Nelson all perform this classic song Whole Lot of Shakin Going On" (sometimes rendered "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On") is a song first recorded by Big Maybelle and best known in the 1957 rock and roll (or rockabilly) hit version by Jerry Lee Lewis. The origins of the song are disputed, but the writing is usually co-credited to singer/songwriter Dave "Curlee" Williams and pianist, bandleader, and songwriter James Faye "Roy" Hall (7 May 1922 - 2 March 1984) On 21 March 1955, Big Maybelle made the first recording for Okeh Records. The songwriting was credited to D. C. Williams, and the record was produced by Quincy Jones. Roy Hall made a recording of the song in September 1955 for Decca Records and maintained that he had written it and had secured the legal copyright as co-writer under the pseudonym of "Sunny David." However, a Decca sample copy of Hall's recording lists Dave Williams as the sole writer. On the Pop Chronicles documentary, Jerry Lee Lewis credited Big Mama Thornton.. All subsequent recordings of the song list the composers as Sunny David and Dave Williams. Hall was also a Nashville club owner, who later claimed to have employed the young piano player Lewis, at some point around 1954 Jerry Lee Lewis version "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On" Single by Jerry Lee Lewis Released April 1957 Writer(s) Dave "Curlee" Williams, James Faye "Roy" Hall Lewis had been performing the song in his stage act and recorded it at his second recording session